Safety-razor and blade-holder



W. M. EVANS.

SAFETY RAZOR AND BLADE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19. 1920.

1 350, 960. y Patented Aug. 24, 192D.

WELLIMI lfl. EVAINS, @1" TAMPA, FLOREDA.

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Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Ang, 24, 1926 Application filed January la, 192). Serial No.352,311.

To o'ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, WrLLrAM M. EVANS, a citizen ot the United States,residing at Tampa, in the county of Hillsborough and e for shaving.

State ot lorida, have invented certain new and useful` lmprovements inSafety-Razors and Blade-Holders; and l do hereby declare the 'followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as.will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

T he present invention relates to improvements in safety razors andblade holders, and consists more particularly in certain improvementsover my prior U. S. llatent No. 1,288,854, granted December 24, 1918.

1n the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and inwhich similar reference symbols indicate correspending parts in theseveral views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an improved implement constructed inaccordance with the present invention.

Fig., 2 is a similar view with the parts opened out.

. ig. 3 is an edge view of the device, with parts broken away andshowing the handle in one position.

Fig. 4 is .a similar view showing the handle in the second position; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view, with parts in section, showing theapplication of a blade to the blade holder.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, wherein only a singlevembodiment of the invention is illustrated, 1 designates an elongatedthin bar of suitable material having a central slot 2 therein andseparated spurs 3 and 4 cut and struck up from the material of the barat one side of the slot 2. The spurs are separated at suitable distanceto be received in slots 5 and 6 in a guard plate 7 which hasprovided'twoseries of teeth 8 and 9 along opposite longitudinal edgesthereof.

Similar slots 10 and 11 are formed in the blade 12 which is formedwithdouble edges 13 and 14. A short bar 15 is hinged, as indicated at 16, toone end of the elongated bar 1, and is adapted to swing in a 'latwisedirection with reference to both bars 1 and 15 and the same is arrangedto clamp over the blade 12 and guard 7, as shown in Fig. 1, in order tohold these parts'in position Recesses 17 and 18 are made respectively inboth ends of the guard 7 and blade 12 in order to receive the hingejoint 16 and admit ot the reversibility of these parts.

To the opposite end of the elongated bar 1 is secured a second short bar19, as 'by means of a pin 20, 1which admits of the swinging of the shortbar 19 in an edgewise direction.' Both the short bar 19 and theelongated bar 1 are cut away along oppositely curved lines, as indicatedat21 and 22, in order to form a hand grip for use in holding the razorwhile shaving.

The short bar 21, in combination with the elongated bar 1, forms a clampto hold a blade 23 for use in stropping, as shown in Fig. 5. rlhe treeends of both the short bars 15 and 19 are formed with slots 24 and 25,respectively. Adjacent the slot 24, the Free end of 'the short bar 15 isprovided with a short prong 26 and an elongated prong 27. ln a similarmanner the slotted end of the other short bar 19 is provided .with ashort prong'28 and an elongated prong 29. The long prong 29 of the shortbar 19 is arranged opposite the short prong 26 of the other bar 15, sothat these prongs may interit when the two bars are closed, as shown inFig. 1.

A looped or double handle 30 carries a pin 31 that passes through theslot v2 in the elongated bar 1 and also through the slots 24 and 25 inthe-short bars 15 and 19, and thispin 31 is slidable in these slots, asindicated in Fig. 5. When in the lett hand position shown in Fig. 5, thepin 31 will enga-ge between the prongs 28 and 29 and will prevent theescape of the short bar 19; whereas whenshi'fted to the right handposition such bar 19 may be swung out as indicated. The ends of thehandle 30 will prevent the swinging of the short bar 15 about the hingejoint 16 except that the handle is moved to the extreme left handposition.

In use, the razor is `opened outto the condition shown in Fig. 2,whereupon the guard 7 is first put in place with the slots 5 and'6engaging over the prongs 3 and 4 and one recess 17 engaging about thehinge joint 16. Thereupon the blade 12 is placed over'the guard 7 withthe slots 10 and x11 also engag.

ingthe ends or the prongs 3 4. The short bar 15 is thereupon moved downover the blade 12, as shown inFig. 1, and the handle 30 may then beswung around to the position shown in Fig. 4 where it clamps both theelongated ber 1 and theshort bar 15 its izo

therebetween. In this condition the razor is ready for shaving and maybe grasped by the short bar 19 and adjacent portion of the elongatedbar 1. y y

The blades 23, to be sharpened, may be put between the elongated bar 1and the short bar 19 in the manner indicatedl in to swing in a ilatwisedirection, said short bar having openings therein to receive the outerends of said spurs, a guard plate having openings to receive the spursand end notches to reversibly receive the hinged joint between theshort. and elongated bars, a blade also having openings to receive thespurs and similar end notches, a second short barI pivoted to theoppositeend of the elongated bar and swinging in a flatwise direction,and means for securing the inner ends of the two short bars together,substantially as described.

2. A combined razor and blade holder comprising an' elongated bar havinga central elongated slot therein and spurs struck up at one side of theslot, a short bar hinged to one end of said elongated bar and adapted toswing in a flatwise direction, said short bar having openings therein toreceive the outer ends of said spurs, a guard plate having openings toreceive the spurs and end notches to reversibly receive the hinged jointbetween the short and elongated bars, a blade also having openings toreceive the spurs and similar endy notches, a second short bar pivotedto the opposite end of the elongated bar and swinging in a flatwisedirection, the side edges of said last mentioned short bar and adjacentportions of the elongated bar being curved inwardly, said short barsbeing provided at their inner edges with slots opening through suchedges and having their long and short prongs at opposite sides of theslots arranged alternately -and adapted to interfit, and a doubledoverhandle having a pin engaging in the slot in said elongated bar and inthe slots in the short bars and for binding said prongs against swingingmovement, substantially as described.

WILLIAM M. EVANS.

